While the Metropolitan Division will look quite different next year in terms of players, the first changes start with coaches and executives.
Here's a look at some of the changes around the Metro:
Carolina Hurricanes
We're still in a wait and see pattern with the Hurricanes, but all signs are pointing to Eric Tulsky being named the new general manager.
Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff reported that the Canes were informing candidates that the role was going to be filled internally and Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek on 32 Thoughts were speaking as if it was a done deal for Tulsky in Carolina.
Tulsky has been with the organization for a while now and an internal promotion for him really shouldn't shake up anything other than also promoting a new assistant GM.
Especially so since head coach Rod Brind'Amour and all his staff were extended at the end of the year too.
Columbus Blue Jackets
What's new in Columbus is in fact not new at all for the Metro as a whole as former Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell is now the new GM in Columbus.
After his contract run out this season, Waddell stated that he felt like it was just time to move on from the Hurricanes after six years as GM and a decade with the team.
His new challenge is turning around a Columbus franchise that has been stuck at the bottom of the division for the latter half of the last decade.
Waddell may not be the only change though as there's still rumblings that he may not stick with first-year, head coach Pascal Vincent.
We'll wait and see though.
New Jersey Devils
Just one year after he was a finalist for the Jack Adams award as coach of the year and following having signed him to a multi-year extension, the Devils decided it was time to fire head coach Lindy Ruff after just four years.
Whether or not rampant injury issues and sieve-like goaltending was his fault or not, he was canned none the less.
In his place will be former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe, who was let go after five seasons in Toronto following another playoff collapse.
Keefe has a had a fairly linear coaching career from three seasons as an OHL head coach to four years as an AHL coach with the Toronto Marlies where he coached the franchise to its first Calder Cup to then being an NHL coach with the Maple Leafs.
He's worked well with talented forwards, something the Devils will have plenty of, so now we'll see if the issues were more him or more the city he used to coach in.
Also on Keefe's staff will be former Chicago Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton who spent nearly three lackluster seasons in Chicago.
Following that, Colliton was most recently the head coach for the Abbotsford Canucks of the AHL.
New York Islanders
After making a mid-season change from Lane Lambert to Patrick Roy, the Isles have not made any other moves.
Things seem to be steady there as for some reason, Lou Lamoriello, the league's oldest general manager, is still running the show despite it all.
New York Rangers
The Rangers announced that goalie coach (or wizard, however you want to describe the magic he's worked) Benoit Allaire is taking a step back from his duties following this season.
He's spent 20 seasons with the organization and while he'll no longer be the day-to-day coach, he'll still remain with the organization.
Philadelphia Flyers
Despite a cataclysmic late season collapse, John Tortorella is still in Philly mostly because his team wasn't supposed to be even somewhat good in the first place.
Will his shtick wear off before they become a relevant team again? Probably.
Pittsburgh Penguins
After a second straight season of missing the playoffs despite having multiple Hockey Hall of Famers on the team, the Penguins had to change something again.
Last season it was general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke getting fired for Kyel Dubas, but this year was a little less extreme.
The one move the Pens made has been to fire assistant coach, and former Capitals head coach, Todd Reirden who ran what was a truly awful power play.
In his place will be former San Jose Sharks head coach David Quinn.
Quinn has had two stints as an NHL head coach, also having coached the Rangers, but he didn't really impress much in either stint.
Washington Capitals
The one thing the Capitals did acquire was the scorn of the hockey community by purchasing the CapFriendly website which will subsequently go dark because of the sale.
Boo to them.